Author: NRS Webmaster

 

We are very excited about the June 2, 2024, meeting of the Nashville Rose Society which will be a walking tour of three member rose gardens in East Nashville! Please return to this web post for any weather related updates.

The NRS business meeting will be held at 1:30 at the garden of C.I. Aki and Jen Yoder’s Boscobel Garden. BRING A CHAIR! After touring the Boscobel Garden, we will walk to two other nearby gardens of Liz Louie and Ashley King, returning to the C.I. and Jen’s garden for snacks and refreshments.

Each of the gardens is unique.

Mixing the elegant with the wild, Boscobel Gardens draw on the charms of old English cottage gardens with David Austin climbers and shrubs, and a mix of wild grandifloras that lead down a path towards a small rose forest of hybrid tea roses, floribundas, and more climbers. Jasmine, wisteria, and honeysuckle vines add an infusion of warm fragrance to the burst of rose bushes and perennial flowers. Sets of bistro chairs and tables spread along the grass for taking in the moment while a bamboo grove looks out from the back of the garden.

Liz’s Rose Medley is a collection of roses mainly in containers and pots. There’s no rhyme or reason to placement of roses. They just end up where there’s space or by whim. Be prepared, it’s a yard in constant flux, not a garden (yet).

Ashley King’s Holly Street front garden is a mix of roses and other perennials. It is always changing, and this year represents a garden that finds a way to bloom even when it cannot be cared for in the way it would best flourish. No pesticides are used due to butterfly host gardens in the back, so she relies mostly on beneficial insects and soil health. This season’s garden message is “Enjoy the blooms even when garden life and regular life get chaotic! ” 

Click here for a copy of the flyer.

We look forward to seeing you at the East Nashville Rose Crawl. Please see Marty’s email to NRS members with more details and garden addresses.

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Saturday, May 25 – 1 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 26 – 11 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Cheekwood Botanical Estate & Gardens
1200 Forrest Park Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 3720

The 2024 Nashville Rose Society Annual Show will be held at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens – Massey Auditorium on Saturday, May 25, and Sunday, May 26.

The rose preparation area will open at 6 a.m. on Saturday. Horticulture entries will be placed on the exhibition tables by show personnel from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Challenge exhibits will be placed by the exhibitor. Judging will begin at 10:30 a.m.

To enter Cheekwood before 9:00 a.m., come through the back gate that is accessed off of Cheek Road, unload at the front or back of Botanic Hall, then park in one of the reserved parking spaces in Parking Lot A.

Click here for a copy of the Rose Show Schedule.

The Rose Show will be open to the public from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

NRS Rose Show Events

On Sunday, May 26, from 10 – 12:00 p.m. the Cheekwood Pick Your Own Bouquet Event (registration required, see Cheekwood’s website) will be held. Participants will leave with their own bouquet of roses from the Rose Study Garden. Ron Daniels, ARS Master Rosarian and NRS Past President, will be available during the event to answer any questions about how to grow and care for roses.

At 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Ron will present a free seminar to the public on the “Basics of Growing Roses”.

Following the seminar Ron will have a “Meet the Author & Book Signing” for his new book Rose Therapy.

We look forward to seeing you at the Nashville Rose Society Annual Rose Show!

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The Nashville Rose Society 2024 Spring Grand Prix Rose Show will be held during the regularly scheduled monthly meeting on Sunday, May 19, 2024, in the Massey Auditorium of Botanic Hall / Visitor Services Building at Cheekwood Garden and Estate.

The purpose of the Grand Prix is to give members a chance to learn about and practice exhibiting roses. A grooming room will be open at 1:00 pm. Experienced exhibitors will be there to help anyone needing help grooming their roses. All you need to do is know the names of the roses you bring. This show is an excellent opportunity to learn how to enter your roses in the Nashville Rose Show on May 25-26, 2024.

Click here to open the schedule for the Grand Prix.

The Master and Consulting Rosarians will talk about “Why Are Some Roses Winners”. The 2024 Nashville Rose Show schedule will be discussed and there will be members who can help you fill out the tags that go on your entries.

Please note: The NRS Grand Prix rose shows are not sanctioned by the American Rose Society .

For more information on how roses are judged, visit the American Rose Society website, rose.org, and study the “Guidelines and Rules for Judging Roses”.

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